Man stabbed twice for confronting fellow PUJ passenger

CEBU, Philippines - A man who confronted two fellow jeepney passengers for allegedly staring at him was stabbed by the said men along F. Llamas Street, Barangay Punta Princesa, Cebu City before 10 p.m. last Tuesday.

Forty-two-year-old widower Eddie Morandante, a fish vendor and resident of Barangay Tuyan in Naga City, was stabbed by two unidentified men who allegedly kept on staring at him while onboard a public utility jeepney.

The victim was reportedly riding on a jeepney plying the Naga-Basak-vice versa route when he asked two passengers seated at the rear portion, in the vernacular, as to why one of them kept on staring at him.

This allegedly irritated the man being confronted by the victim that when the latter alighted from the jeepney, the man with his cohort suddenly attacked and stabbed him from behind.

Wounded, the victim managed to embark on another jeepney bound for the residence of his girlfriend in Barangay Tisa where he sought assistance. The assailants were nowhere to be found after.

Morandante was then rushed to the Cebu City Medical Center. He sustained two stab wounds on his back.

Meanwhile, barely an hour before the incident, a couple was hit by a stray bullet in Bonbon, a mountain barangay of Cebu City.

The victims were Junrey Ibon, 28, a farmer, and his wife Roselyn, 25.

The victims were reportedly walking on a pathway together with their five-year-old son and Roselyn’s sister Nerissa Raghos on their way home after buying household supplies when they suddenly heard a burst of gunfire.

In the process, Roselyn suddenly slumped to the ground which prompted Junrey to cuddle her only to be hit also.

The couple managed to reach their house. Junrey asked assistance from his cousin, barangay tanod Pedro Alit, who then took the couple to the CCMC for the treatment of the gunshot wounds the two sustained on the upper portion of their right arms. – Niña G. Sumacot/MEEV (THE FREEMAN)